Mindle Crystel Gross 13March2013 Yiddish Book Center
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- Yiddish Book Center, National Yiddish Book Center, Wexler Oral History Project, nybc, ybc, Yiddish, Jewish culture, Advice, Family history, stories about ancestors, Childhood, Jewish Identity, Yiddish language, Yiddish teaching, Yiddish learning, Yiddish revival and activism, Coming back to Yiddish, Theater, Music, Poetry, Career and Professional Life, Jewish professions, Holocaust, Education, Religion and ritual, Family traditions, Jewish holidays, Israel, United States, Yiddish Book Center, Youth group, Food and culinary traditions, Transmission, Roots/heritage, children/grandchildren of (Yiddish personalities), Jewish community, Urban, Travel, Mindle, Crystel Gross, Bronx, New York City, NYC, Boynton Beach, Florida, Long Island, Avrom Reyzn, Arbeter Ring, Workmen's Circle, 1950s, 1960s, 1990s, 2000s, Translation,
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- English, Yiddish
Mindle Crystel Gross, native speaker and translator of Yiddish, was interviewed by Christa Whitney on March 13, 2013 in Boca Raton, Florida.
Mindle grew up in Brooklyn in what she calls an "observant, but not religious" household. Her parents were both amateur Yiddish poets and transmitted their passion for the language to their daughter by speaking Yiddish exclusively in the home. Mindle also received instruction in Yiddish language and culture in the Sholem Aleichem shule system, which she was a part of throughout her childhood and adolescence.
As an adult, Mindle has made Yiddish a part of her career, as well. For years, she worked as a bilingual secretary for various Jewish communal and cultural organizations. More recently, Mindle has worked as a freelance translator, helping Jews uncover the meaning behind various family mementos like letters and diaries. In addition, she has worked extensively in translating Yizkor books, a process which she discusses in her interview.
To learn more about the Wexler Oral History Project, visit: http://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/tell-your-story
To cite this interview: Mindle Crystel Gross Oral History Interview, interviewed by Christa Whitney, Yiddish Book Center's Wexler Oral History Project, Boca Raton, Florida, March 13, 2013. Video recording, https://archive.org/details/MindleCrystelGross13march2013YiddishBookCenter ( [date accessed] )
Mindle grew up in Brooklyn in what she calls an "observant, but not religious" household. Her parents were both amateur Yiddish poets and transmitted their passion for the language to their daughter by speaking Yiddish exclusively in the home. Mindle also received instruction in Yiddish language and culture in the Sholem Aleichem shule system, which she was a part of throughout her childhood and adolescence.
As an adult, Mindle has made Yiddish a part of her career, as well. For years, she worked as a bilingual secretary for various Jewish communal and cultural organizations. More recently, Mindle has worked as a freelance translator, helping Jews uncover the meaning behind various family mementos like letters and diaries. In addition, she has worked extensively in translating Yizkor books, a process which she discusses in her interview.
To learn more about the Wexler Oral History Project, visit: http://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/tell-your-story
To cite this interview: Mindle Crystel Gross Oral History Interview, interviewed by Christa Whitney, Yiddish Book Center's Wexler Oral History Project, Boca Raton, Florida, March 13, 2013. Video recording, https://archive.org/details/MindleCrystelGross13march2013YiddishBookCenter ( [date accessed] )
- Abstract
- Mindle Crystel Gross, native speaker and translator of Yiddish, was interviewed by Christa Whitney on March 13, 2013 in Boca Raton, Florida.
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- 2014-01-09 19:15:47.386823
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- Citation
- Mindle Crystel Gross Oral History Interview, interviewed by Christa Whitney, Yiddish Book Center's Wexler Oral History Project, Boca Raton, FL, March 13, 2013. Video recording, [URL of interview] ( [date accessed] )
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- Controlled-themes
- Advice | Family histories | Childhood | Jewish Identity | Yiddish language | Yiddish teaching | Yiddish learning | Yiddish revival and activism | Coming back to Yiddish | Theater | Music | Poetry | Career and professional life | Jewish professions | Holocaust | Education | Religion | Family traditions | Jewish holidays | Israel | United States | Yiddish Book Center | Youth group | Cultural transmission | Urban | Travel | Food | Cultural heritage | Descendants of Yiddish luminaries
- Date-themes
- 1950s | 1960s | 1990s | 2000s
- Excerpts
- 2195, 2196, 2197, 2203, 2204, 2205, 2206
- Geographic-themes
- Bronx, New York | New York | Florida | Long Island, New York | Israel | United States
- Identifier
- MindleCrystelGross13march2013YiddishBookCenter
- Interview-date
- 3/13/2013
- Interview-location
- Boca Raton, Florida
- Narrator-birth-place
- Brooklyn, New York
- Narrator-birth-year
- 1934
- Narrator-first-name
- Mindle
- Narrator-last-name
- Crystel Gross
- Organization-themes
- Workers Circle
- People-themes
- Mindle Crystel Gross
- Series
-
Yiddish in the Academy: scholars, language instructors, and students
Yiddish in the Academy: scholars, language instructors, and students
- Sound
- sound
- Uncontrolled-themes
- Mindle | Crystel Gross | Bronx | New York | Boynton Beach | Florida | Long Island | Avrom Reyzn | Workmen's Circle | Arbeter Ring | 1950s | 1960s | 1990s | 2000s | translation |
- Uncontrolled-themes2
- Mindle Crystel Gross | Bronx, New York | New York | Boynton Beach | Florida | Long Island, New York | Avrom Reyzn | Workers Circle | 1950s | 1960s | 1990s | 2000s | translation
- Wohp-interview-id
- 395
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